Adding samples to the NSIS Wiki

17th March 2006, 19:09

So I've figured out how to use NSIS to refresh my desktop (required by installers in the "February" version of Vista -- if you add an icon to the all-users desktop it doesn't show up until you refresh).

I'd like to add it to the Wiki -- and I can't figure it out. When I click on 'edit' the page for the obvious page (Category:System_Plugin_Example) the resulting page is tiny and doesn't contain anything that I recognize as a sample. Certainly the 20 samples that are in the regular page don't show up at all.

I'm obviously missing something. How can I add my (nicely documented) sample to the Wiki?

Thanks in advance,
Peter

kichik · 17th March 2006, 19:14

In the FAQ you'll find Starting a new page. Simply "go" to the page you want to create (change the URL in your browser) and edit it.

BTW, is this requirement documented anywhere or is it just something that's still missing in Vista?

PeterSmith · 17th March 2006, 20:04

Thank you. I knew how to make wiki pages (we use them here at work, and I've made very minor edits in Wikipedia before), but I didn't know how to plug my page into the right spot in the Category:System Examples page.

It's much more clear now -- when I looked at another sample code page instead of the category page I saw the 'category' comment in the page. Just putting one of those into my page automatically put my page into the right category.

It wasn't very obvious as first, but it's not rocket science either. My new page ("Refresh Desktop") is now up.

Peter

17th March 2006, 19:09	#1
PeterSmith Guest Posts: n/a	Adding samples to the NSIS Wiki So I've figured out how to use NSIS to refresh my desktop (required by installers in the "February" version of Vista -- if you add an icon to the all-users desktop it doesn't show up until you refresh). I'd like to add it to the Wiki -- and I can't figure it out. When I click on 'edit' the page for the obvious page (Category:System_Plugin_Example) the resulting page is tiny and doesn't contain anything that I recognize as a sample. Certainly the 20 samples that are in the regular page don't show up at all. I'm obviously missing something. How can I add my (nicely documented) sample to the Wiki? Thanks in advance, Peter

17th March 2006, 19:14	#2
kichik M.I.A. [NSIS Dev, Mod] Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Israel Posts: 11,336	In the FAQ you'll find Starting a new page. Simply "go" to the page you want to create (change the URL in your browser) and edit it. BTW, is this requirement documented anywhere or is it just something that's still missing in Vista? NSIS FAQ \| NSIS Home Page \| Donate $ "I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand." -- Confucius

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17th March 2006, 20:04	#3
PeterSmith Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Redmond, WA Posts: 1	Thank you. I knew how to make wiki pages (we use them here at work, and I've made very minor edits in Wikipedia before), but I didn't know how to plug my page into the right spot in the Category:System Examples page. It's much more clear now -- when I looked at another sample code page instead of the category page I saw the 'category' comment in the page. Just putting one of those into my page automatically put my page into the right category. It wasn't very obvious as first, but it's not rocket science either. My new page ("Refresh Desktop") is now up. Peter